Mark 3:9

New International Reader's Version

Because of the crowd, Jesus told his disciples to get a small boat ready for him. This would keep the people from crowding him.

Cross References

Matthew 15:39

After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat. He went to the area near Magadan.

Mark 4:1

Again Jesus began to teach by the Sea of Galilee. The crowd that gathered around him was very large. So he got into a boat. He sat down in it out on the lake. All the people were along the shore at the water’s edge.

Mark 4:36

They left the crowd behind. And they took him along in a boat, just as he was. There were also other boats with him.

Mark 5:2

Jesus got out of the boat. A man controlled by an evil spirit came from the tombs to meet him.

Mark 5:30

At once Jesus knew that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd. He asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

Mark 6:32

So they went away by themselves in a boat to a quiet place.

Luke 5:1

One day Jesus was standing by the Sea of Galilee. The people crowded around him and listened to the word of God.

Luke 5:3

He got into the boat that belonged to Simon. Jesus asked him to go out a little way from shore. Then he sat down in the boat and taught the people.

John 6:15

But Jesus knew that they planned to come and force him to be their king. So he went away again to a mountain by himself.